New Releases by David Glover

Discover It Yourself: Liquids and Solids is packed with scientific facts, experiments, and activities linked to liquids and solids. It brings a lively, hands-on approach to practical science experiments. Children can find almost everything they need for the experiments around the home, and the materials and instructions are simply, safely, and clearly presented. This STEM-focused book will show readers how to make a whizzing chemical-powered rocket, build a rubber roadster, cook up some plastic, and much more.

Making a bubble diver, a hot-air pinwheel, and a homemade kite can be both fun and educational as children explore the properties of air and water.

No Friday Foolishness is a self help reflection book consisting of 80 weekly Friday Morning thoughts. In the book I will give a breakdown from the Controversial Counselors perspective also each reader will have space to write their thoughts and reflections on each statement.

This book for advanced readers covers everything you need to know about the science of flight and all the different ways to fly. Diagrams, fun fact boxes, timelines, and photographs bring the subject to life, while a glossary, an index, and discussion questions aid in reading comprehension. Grade: 6 Subject: Physical Science Genre: Informational Text Comprehension Skill/Strategy: Use Graphic Sources Diagnostic Reading Assessment (DRA): 60 Guided Reading Level: V Lexile Level: 1010L DK''s iOpeners equip K-6 students with the skills and strategies they need to access and comprehend nonfiction so that they are not only learning to read but reading to learn. The combination of high-interest content and eye-popping photography of iOpeners brings science, math and social studies topics to life, raises student achievement in reading, and boosts standardized test scores.

Cocktail Conversations is one of the most relevant books coming out since the Bible. You will be hard pressed to find a book that everyone can identify with when it involves relationships, friendships, family, work, health, education, loyalty, mistrust, child drama, and the dating game. This book will address seventy-seven scenarios and much feedback given back from followers of Cocktail Conversations; these perspectives are very diverse, and they force you to see different viewpoints to the same situation. You are able to identify how individuals relate their perceptions based on their experiences. This book will open up opportunities for discussions, which will lead to growth and learning.

These books on vehicles are suited to the Key Stage 1 technology curriculum. Each book will feature strong colourful photographs and include information on how the vehicle works. The books will include interesting types of the vehicle, such as rescue vehicles and the vehicle''s history. There will be quiz questions throughout the text to encourage understanding and to make the information accessible.

Discover an exhilarating world of learning by solving a series of mathematical problems. Finding the answers will enable readers to advance through an exciting adventure story.Brand-new series combines maths and literacy skills.Thrilling stories, with highly detailed illustrations, make learning maths fun.Focuses on core areas of mathematical learning.Easy-to-use flexibound format.

This series on vehicles shows how machines move, what we use them for, their history and the most interesting and fun facts about them.

Economics has much to offer in understanding and influencing environmental behavior. It also provides tools for decision makers faced with difficult choices. How can we compare the value of environmental benefits to the costs of safeguarding them? How can we assess the impacts of environmental action (or inaction) on the poor? How should we share the costs of environmental improvements?

The concept of gender continues to be a central issue in literary and cultural studies, with a significance that crosses disciplinary boundaries and provokes lively debate. In this fully revised and updated second edition, David Glover and Cora Kaplan offer a lucid and illuminating introduction to ’gender’ and its implications, including: an overview of the critical language and concepts surrounding gender from their historical inception to contemporary debates discussions of the major theorists in the field updated and extended coverage of lesbian and queer theory a new glossary of terms essential to an understanding of the debate on gender in contemporary theory. With its impressive breadth and depth of coverage, this volume offers not only a comprehensive history of this complex term, but also indicates its ongoing presence in literary and cultural theory and the new directions it is taking.

''Big Machines'' is a series for young children that shows big machines in action, explaining the tasks of their different features and how they work. Each book also includes a practical ''make it yourself'' activity. This title looks at diggers.

Looks at automobiles, the parts they have, how people use them for work, what powers them, and the safety precautions people take when using them.

''What do Springs do?'' explores the simple mechanism of springs and looks at the wide range of tools and toys that make use of them. Large clear photographs show the springs in practice and careful artwork aids understanding.

This series on vehicles shows how machines move, what we use them for, their history and the most interesting and fun facts about them.

This series on vehicles shows how machines move, what we use them for, their history and the most interesting and fun facts about them.

A flexible, blended solution of books and ICT for the AQA GCSE specification. Science Foundations provides a flexible, blended solution which motivates your students through a blend of books and ICT. The Science Class Book is a trusted resource for the new AQA GCSE specifications. It enhances the students understanding of How Science Works. This provides full coverage of all the concepts students need to know. Assessment questions help students to consolidate, revise and apply their scientific knowledge.

Introduces the principles of springs as simple machines, using examples from everyday life.

Uses a variety of examples, from scissors and axes to zippers and hairpin turns, to demonstrate the power of the inclined plane and show how ramps and wedges make work and play easier.

What would the world be life if we didn''t have wheels? How do you think the ancient Egyptians moved huge stones to build the pyramids? Why does a mountain bike have such thick knobby tires? How do you think toys moved before batteries were invented? This title shows you how different kinds of these two simple machines are all around you to make your work and play easier.

From September to November of 1997, raging fires in Indonesia pumped enough smoke into the air to blanket the entire region in haze, reaching as far north as southern Thailand and the Philippines, with Malaysia and Singapore being particularly affected. This book conservatively assesses the damage at US $4.5 billion, more than the Exxon Valdez oil spill and India''s Bhopal chemical spill combined. It looks at the causes of the fires, the physical damages that resulted, and their effects on heath, industrial production, and tourism, among others.

How can pulling down make something go up? How do carnival rides work? What makes the hands on a watch go around? How does pedaling a bicycle make it move? This title shows you how different kinds of these two simple machines are all around you to make your work and play easier.

''What do Pulleys and Gears do?'' explores the simple mechanism of pulleys and gears and looks at the wide range of tools and toys that use them. Large, clear photographs show the principle in practice, aiding understanding.

''Growing'' explores the way that humans and animals grow, looking at both physical and social developments. It also introduces the concept of life-cycles.

Explains what the different types of fire trucks are and the work they do.

Uses activities and experiments to introduce the properties of light and sound.